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<br />(' " u" .~ <br />t.,;) ~. <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />'.' <br />I. <br />\ <br /> <br />2J <br /> <br />are. incNasing in th" Uintah and. Spwish Fork basins in <br /> <br />Utah and at numeroua ot!wr points in tn." upper Colorado <br /> <br />Basin, most of which Cl.I''' s=ll in amount but Which aggreg.o.te <br /> <br />a considerable acreage and will reduc" th", water SU~)p1y of <br /> <br />thJ lov.ur basin to a. substantial degree. These Dl1W be taken <br /> <br />as offsetting the improvements in duty of water ir. the <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Imperial Valley. <br /> <br />AGsembling the morl> important of th" ?:mrID data, '.'Ie <br /> <br />pave the following tabla shOWing increase oval' 1915; <br /> <br /> : I0gated <br /> Projact 1915 1920 , Ul.till'i'te <br /> . <br /> Imperial District 336,000 415,000 515,000 <br /> Mexico 40,000 ., 190,000 (7 ) <br />. YUlia 28,000 : 54,000 130,000 <br />Palo Verde 20,000 35,O~0 78,000 <br /> Grand Valley Project 1::;,000 53,000 <br /> Uncompahgre project 50,OJO 70,000 110,000 <br /> Total : 474,000 : 777 , 000 : <br /> <br />This table indicates that the increased irrigation in <br /> <br />the Basin in 1920 over 1915 is about 300,000 acreB and that <br /> <br />the desired er;ansion in the Imperial Irrigation District <br /> <br />and incont3stible or unpreventable c~~~1s1on in other regions <br /> <br />will br1:1g this acreage up to 877,000 acres, or about 400,000 <br /> <br />acres more than in 1915, be3ides the various increases in the <br /> <br />Upper Basin. <br /> <br />." <br />